Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-31

ROBERT GRAY'S SENTENCE FOR STEALING A GOLF
WATCH.
In the Criminal Court to-day Robert GRAY. a
colored man. who pleaded guilty last Saturday Of
the grand larceny OF q watch from Deborah ]
Appel, was called up for sentence. He frankly told
the court that he pleaded guilty because he did
not want to put them to the trouble OF a
trial; that he had been arrested before, and had
served term in the penitenttary for one year for
the larceny OF SO. He had since lived six years an
honest nfe, but he got In bad company. There
was girl In the house he and James Holmes went
TO see and She went out leaving them there, and
he took the watch which he sold for SEQ and
vita Holmes He asked the mercy OF the court
and referred 10 the six years OF honest life he had
The coufft-"You don't mean to tell me that YOU
went to the penitentiary when eleven or twelve
The prisoner answered that he had gone there
when iiiLeen and served year.
The recOrtS were hunted up and showed that he
was sentenced TO the penitentiary at the March
term OF 1884, and was sentenced TO two years
The court remarked that he had beer on good
behavior but two or three years and remarked
that he was fortunate that he had not been in
dcted for second offence, which would have given
MINT MIN ten years he then imposed sentence Of
under this indictment.
SUIT TO SET ASIDE CERTAIN DRRDs.-To-day
Mr.. Leon ToDriner, Tor Henrietta Richard and
Isaac Haas, trading as Richard q Co., dealers In
corees teas, &C., 1led a bill against Jno. F.
TO have been made In fraud. They set forth thar
Forsythe being indebted to them In $I87.72 gave
them seven prOmtSSOry notes on which he was
sued and Judgment obtained, and they charge
that Forsythe being the owner Of sub lots IL and
~, In square 59a for the purpose OF preventing
the enforcement OF the Judgments had the same
conveyed to trustee for the benefit OF Mary A.
Forsythe. and that she subsequently conveyed the
lots for 400 to other parties, and used the money
TO pay other creditors They pray now that these
deeds be set aside and the property be decreed to
be liable for these Judgments
SENTENCED FOR FoRGERY.-The case OF Charles
alias James, West, colored, arrested for obtaining
money from John Simmons on q note TO which the
name OF JOS. Jones was forged, was tried In the
Levi Chisley and Chas. Wright, who were arrested
In connection with the same transaction, were &C.
quilted.
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SERIOUSLY CUT ABOUT TEE FAck--Barzilla Bstts,
young man from East washington, was before
the Police Court to-day. charged with assault and
battery with intent 70 s Frsdericf ssswsr Who
continued Indefinitely, bonds being nxed ~ $500.
The defendant was arrested on warrant sworn
out By Ofncer Thompson. The defendant ana
ight last saturday near the corner Of virginia
avenuennd eighth street southwest, during which,
Il Is charged, Belts seriously cut Stewart about
the face. since the trouble occurred tho injured
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